Man butt-dialed 911, talked about drug deals, deputies say

February 1, 2013|By Barbara Hijek, FloriDUH

On Tuesday dispatchers recieved an "open 911 call" and then traced the call on Orange City - after they heard the callers inside a vehicle talking about drug deals, according to an arrest affidavit from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

They callers were talking about driving a tow truck, going home and mentioned the name "Harry" several times, according to dispatchers.

A deputy spotted a white tow truck, which had Harry's Towing" written on the side, in the vicinity of the call and conducted a traffic stop stop to check on the well-being of its occupants, driver James Dollarhide, 19, along with two passengers, deputies said.

After the trio exited the truck, the deputy determined one of the passengers had a cell phone in his pocket which had accidentially butt-dialed 911.

The trio couldn't explain to the deputy why they were yapping about selling drugs, according to the report.

After the trio consented to a search, the deputy reportedly found a silver pipe with burnt residue and a copper filter, otherwise known as a crack pipe, in Matthew's pocket.

Matthew told the deputy the pipe belonged to his poppa and he had taken it earlier that day so his father wouldn't get into trouble with the landlord for leaving drug paraphernalia sitting aound in the house, the affidavit stated.

Also, deputies said, Matthew had been driving the tow truck with a suspended license.